Came for the video, stayed for the comments. Haven’t laughed this hard in a long time. Just love MPW! youtu.be/5CozySQ1Roc?...

PD is supposedly our biggest lever for student outcomes. So why does it feel so bloody difficult to get right? Great conversation with Bethan Hindley, @teacherdevtrust.bsky.social, on this exact problem. 🎧 pod.fo/e/32f65a

"40 minutes every week = massive cost in staff time and salary. Ask any teacher if they'd like an extra 40 minutes - they'd snap your hand off. So when you're asking for that time, you better make it count." Great point from Bethan at @teacherdevtrust.bsky.social buff.ly/4zR4ci5

Jim Cummins said: 'To reject a child's language in school is to reject the child.' Eight years since my TEDx talk, this truth still hits hard. How are your schools embracing linguistic diversity? #EduSky #SchoolLeadership

"How will we celebrate?" - question from our book that schools skip. Chocolates in the staffroom ≠ genuine recognition. Amy Presnell calls this wellness vs wellbeing. One's a quick fix, the other reduces workload and gives real agency. Which are you offering?

School leaders: When you bring in external trainers but don't attend the sessions yourself, you're asking staff to implement changes you don't fully understand. How's that working out? #EduSky #SchoolLeadership #TLSky

The 'AI is changing everything, schools must transform' narrative is seductive. It also risks deprofessionalising the remarkable work happening in classrooms right now. Thoughts? #EduSky #EduSkyAI #SchoolLeadership

I find the 'no such thing as transferable skills' narrative interesting because my entire working life has been based around using my transferable skills. (I was originally a dancer and the skills I learned have influenced everything else I've come to do, including writing and teaching.) Thread 🧵⬇️

Honest question: How many educators are teaching digital literacy while staying on platforms that contradict everything we tell students about healthy technology use? #EduSky #DigitalCitizenship #EdTech

The 'AI is changing everything, schools must transform' narrative is seductive. It also risks deprofessionalising the remarkable work happening in classrooms right now. Thoughts? #EduSky #EduSkyAI #SchoolLeadership

What a privilege to join @my-delta.bsky.social and Kathryn Gorman on Beyond the Status Quo this week. These two are up to such good stuff and have so much knowledge on how schools can live their best selves. Well worth subscribing to their show - I have! #edusky buff.ly/1k1cX3B

✨ 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥. Here are 8 practical tips to help you spot awards that truly celebrate impact, not just pay-to-play.

I visited a school a few months back that made me want to bang my head against their very expensive interactive whiteboard. Two years ago, they spent £10K flying in a speaker to talk about evidence-based teaching. One day. Ten. Thousand. Pounds. A short thread #edusky 🧵 ...

Fascinating reflection on using principles over policies by @katejonesteach.bsky.social. I love the flex of this approach! #edusky

I visited a school a few months back that made me want to bang my head against their very expensive interactive whiteboard. Two years ago, they spent £10K flying in a speaker to talk about evidence-based teaching. One day. Ten. Thousand. Pounds. A short thread #edusky 🧵 ...

#EduSky the third annual US Festival of Education is coming up on Saturday, October 4. I attended the inaugural 2023 festival and it was incredible. There are some incredible presenters this year and Frederick County Schools are representing again. Get a ticket, it will be awesome.

A card from the WeWork community team. Perfect Friday motivation. Have a great day #edusky!

Tim Berners-Lee gave us a free internet. Now he's fighting to take it back from tech giants. Why aren't more educators joining him in spaces where we actually own our conversations? #EduSky #DigitalCitizenship #EdTech

Tim Berners-Lee gave us a free internet. Now he's fighting to take it back from tech giants. Why aren't more educators joining him in spaces where we actually own our conversations? #EduSky #DigitalCitizenship #EdTech

You know that brilliant PD session where everyone left buzzing with ideas? What happened to those ideas three weeks later? I'm curious about the gap between great training and actual change. #EduSky #LeadershipDevelopment #EdTech

We're delighted to announce that Baroness Mary Bousted will be joining our National Conference next month! Baroness Mary Bousted is a Labour Life Peer. She was Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union and prior to that General Secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers.

I've created a new feed to keep all your education posts organised. The algorithm is a balance between recency and popularity so should work pretty nice. Anything with the phrase 'edusky' is included. I use this as my default feed. Feel free to add and pin for yourself: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Could be useful for anyone who h wants a variegated education feed if politics is getting a bit too much. (Also, haven’t seen any #ff here yet but getting in early to say follow Shane - he’s painfully close to 1K!)

I've created a new feed to keep all your education posts organised. The algorithm is a balance between recency and popularity so should work pretty nice. Anything with the phrase 'edusky' is included. I use this as my default feed. Feel free to add and pin for yourself: bsky.app/profile/did:...

When Dixons Academies Trust launched its 9-day fortnight for teachers, there was a fair bit of cynicism about whether it would actually be possible. 12 months on, @ellencph.bsky.social talks to the trust to find out what has happened since - and the impact it has had www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Every few years someone declares we must 'reinvent education for an unknown future.' But what of the schools already doing brilliant work? #EduSky #SchoolLeadership #ChangeManagement

#UKEd #EduSky Until educational studies are replicated & boundaries specified, should be drop the (way too confident) Science of Learning tag and for the meantime just call it all the Heuristics of Teaching?

So cool when someone sends you a photo of your book in their home- especially with their gorgeous dog!

A good book and a good wine. @rethinkingjames.bsky.social

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Plan the follow-up BEFORE the training happens. Not after. Before. Book those coaching sessions for six months out. Schedule the check-ins now. Put peer support networks in your calendar. Make it real or watch your PD budget disappear into good intentions. buff.ly/pWYZPQA

Excited to see little Siberian weasels in my estate last night. Did you know that are actively used for pest control in Shanghai? Super cool, and very cute. www.thatsmags.com/shanghai/pos...

Just about to kick off the second Work Collaborative forum #ChangeStartsHere

I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday. As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.

That amazing workshop your staff loved? It'll be forgotten by Christmas unless YOU do the follow-up work. Busy isn't an excuse when your PD budget depends on real change happening. Stay involved or watch your investment disappear. Listen to my full episode here: buff.ly/pWYZPQA

I just love this framing Formative action > Formative assessment

The man who gave us the free internet is fighting to reclaim it from tech giants. Bluesky offers what he envisioned - user control, not corporate manipulation. Educators: are you here? What would convince others to come back to give it a proper go?

Cracking episode today- if you are interested in how to use evidence effectively in your next coaching conversation, this is well worth a listen. Thanks @mradamkohlbeck.bsky.social @chrispassey.bsky.social and @scottinghatt.bsky.social! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

Wow. 8 years since I gave this talk. 50K shares on the TED website and I’ve learnt a lot in that time. It was the great Jim Cummins who said, “To reject a child’s language in the school is to reject the child.” Don’t you agree? #languagelearning #internationalschools #translanguaging

If you support multilingual learners in your school, you NEED this book. Got another great book recommendation? Please do share! #EAL #Multilingualism #LanguageTeaching

It’s #ThankfulThursday BlueSky! And today it’s a CHEERS to my friend and colleague @mradamkohlbeck.bsky.social who is achieving so so much, all for the good of our sector. I don’t know how you do it all but delighted to follow your work, Adam. Particularly loving your work on coaching! 🙏 #edusky

Loved the sheer joy for primary education expressed by Emma Turner in @shaneleaning.com latest podcast. What a great thought: ‘we need to create academically seductive worlds for children!’ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/edu…

New episode with @emmaturner75.bsky.social explores why primary-secondary transition shouldn't feel like 'running into a wall.' Her 'brackish water' metaphor completely reframes how we think about preparing children for change. Listen here: pod.fo/e/32719c #EducationLeaders #PrimaryEducation

Thanks to Philip Murdoch for having me on the Tattoo Teacher podcast Strange feeling being the guest rather than the host! We covered why schools are losing confidence in their own expertise and my worries about AI solutions being built before we understand the problems. #EduSky

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Thanks to Philip Murdoch for having me on the Tattoo Teacher podcast Strange feeling being the guest rather than the host! We covered why schools are losing confidence in their own expertise and my worries about AI solutions being built before we understand the problems. #EduSky

Popped out, stayed out, and ended up out out! All thanks to these cheeky chaps serving the most fantastic cocktails from their car boot. A well needed recharge for both of us 🥰 Today, for my brother round and cooking a Sunday Roast. Enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone!

What I’m listening to right now. Gold from @marymyatt.bsky.social and @chrisjordanhk.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...